Gizzle

Career

2007–2008: Early career From South Los Angeles, Proby showed a talent for writing from a young age, composing poetry and lengthy letters to her father when he was in jail. She started rapping as a teenager under the stage name Lady G Da Real Deal, regularly attending freestyle rap events in Los Angeles and San Bernardino county. She recorded a demo with Rhythm D of Ruthless Records

In 2007, she gained her first writing credit on the Lil' Fizz track "Beds". She was then invited by producer Teddy Riley to write for Snoop Dogg's 2008 album Ego Trippin '. both of which were regularly highlighted in positive reviews of the album.

Ghostwriting Since her early work with Riley and Snoop Dogg, Proby has become a prolific hip hop ghostwriter, working with prominent artists including Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Meek Mill, Boosie Badazz, Kevin Gates, G-Eazy, Iggy Azalea, Trey Songz, Travis Scott and T.I. Two of her most frequent collaborators are Ty Dolla Sign, who she has worked with since 2008, and Puff Daddy (Sean Combs), whose albums MMM and No Way Out 2 she contributed to extensively. with whom she became a frequent songwriting partner prior to his mainstream breakthrough. Having previously performed as Lady G, she ditched the name in favor of Gizzle in 2011, posting several videos on her YouTube channel. became a breakout performance for Proby. That same year, she received numerous songwriting credits on Ty Dolla Sign's debut album Free TC, including for the single "Saved." In 2016, she was featured on Australian singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem's single "Enough", taken from Goodrem's fifth studio album Wings of the Wild.

Proby released her debut mixtape, 7 Days in Atlanta, in January 2017. Revolt described the EP as "a serious reminder of why [Gizzle] is one of the best in the business." She was featured on the Lupe Fiasco 2017 single "Jump", from his album Drogas Light.

In 2021, Proby was featured on the soundtrack for the Netflix series Arcane on the track "Dynasties and Dystopia" alongside Denzel Curry and Bren Joy.

Discography

EPs +List of studio extended plays, with selected detailsTitleDetailsWe All We Got Released: 2022 Formats: Digital download, streaming

As featured artist + List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album AUS NZ "Enough" 2016 27 7 Wings of the Wild